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H. G. Muller wrote on Sat, Oct 1, 2016 08:12 AM UTC:

In the diagrams on your own computer you would have to set:

graphicsDir=http://www.chessvariants.com/membergraphics/MSelven-chess/
graphicsType=png
whitePrefix=w
blackPrefix=b

And you would of course have to make sure the (root) name you use for the individual pieces is correct. For the orthodox pieces they are the same as for alfaerie, but alfaerie for instance uses 'cardinal' for 'archbishop', and many people prefer the glyph I named 'crownedbishop' for the Archbishop anyway.

It is probably easier to just edit the digram description you already have than to design a new one. In the lines with piece descriptions the image root name is the last item before the list of starting squares; the format is

name:ID:betza move:image name:square list

where an empty ID is derived from the name, and empty name or image name are derived from each other. Even an empty betza move can be provided automatically, if the piece is orthodox or a 'common fairy' (such as archbishop, chancellor, camel, zebra).